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Okay we need to have a few words about the last excerpt because OUCH!!!! It really hurt but I actually loved it so much. I really felt it so deeply, actually this whole storyline feels like looking at my heart and realising it’s still bruised, if that makes sense? And it’s sort of nice, because even though it hurts, at least I know where the pain comes from. Anyway I hope Radio will be okay and that YOU will be okay 💙 can’t wait to read the next excerpts!

'we need to have a few words' i feel like i'm about to be told off by a teacher i wanna apologise in advance

i'll say this now, i am FINE. i SWEAR. however much it might not feel like it HAH T-T. i knew that i was going to go down this route with these two from the beginning, however, it was made ironic when i started actually having to deal with moving on in my real life...! (creator lore drop pt. 2)

i don't talk about my inspiration for the excerpts often, but i don't shy away from being open that some parts are definitely me projecting in some way T-T, but for thalia and radio, their situation has, from the start, been a complete remix of anything i have ever been to. i cannot fully relate to them at all and i do enjoy it that way, while still getting to express my own experiences but in a different context.

i'm gonna try and wrap this up without rambling, but the point i want to make is that i am just glad the excerpt still had emotional hold...? i had no idea if thalia had been around long enough for this departure to actually mean anything to anyone. but it means a lot to radio. thalia has been around since about... #13? which is about 3 months of posts, and i've mentioned multiple times how much they would hang out and how often and for how long.

it spooked me that maybe there wouldn't be an emotional impact, despite radio themself feeling like the world's just imploded.

thank you for the kind words again though :,] sorry for the mini rant people!!

#osemanverse #alice oseman #aled last #radio silence #universe city #february friday #frances janvier #carys last #original fiction #ask me anything #asks #ask box #send asks #friday answers asks #universe friday #universe city podcast

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good evening universe friday fans!!!! new excerpt!!!!! hehehhehhehe

sorry guys. i've been planning this one from the start. ermmmmm. i mean whaaattt noooo i totally believed in their endgame! (no i didn't because i wrote this actually haha)

AS ALWAYS! thoughts, comments, questions, suggestions, leave them all in this blog's!!! @friday-answers!!! ask box!!! i will answer all ASAP :D

creator lore drop: it is currently 5am for me and i really need to sleep. apologies for anything that doesnt make sense i am a lil tired! time to sleep. def.

SEE U ALL NEXT WEEK!

EXCERPT #28:

Hello. I hope somebody is listening.

[...]

I haven’t seen her since I last spoke to you, old sport. It’s been harder to wander the streets of the City these days. It’s been harder to get up and get the day started. Thalia and I were so close… We went from spending all our time with each other, to not speaking for days at a time.

What possible reason could she have…? For someone who cares the same way, she certainly doesn’t enjoy showing it.

It is so hard to read her mind. She doesn’t give me much to base any guesses on… If only she would talk to me. Have a conversation with me. One that doesn’t lead to her deflecting, or running away.

Every time I think we’re so close, but then the tide just goes back in again. And when that wave comes crashing back into shore, are we ever able to ebb and flow the way we once did?

Or am I back to drowning, waves crashing into my lungs I am no longer able to scream…? Did she ever hear me? Can she hear me?

I suppose I never recalled walking to the beach in the first place, old sport. But I found comfort in the waves. I found myself in the waves.

[A small and distant knock is heard in the background. Equipment rattles. Radio stutters in astonishment.]

Hello…?

THALIA: Can I come in…?

[Beat.]

THALIA: Please, Radio. Can we talk?

RADIO: …Okay. Come in.

[Door squeaks open, footsteps approach.]

RADIO: Hold on. Let me just mute this call quickly.

[A button is pressed, but sound continues to play. A chair squeaks and footsteps get further away. A conversation begins from afar, distant and quiet.]

THALIA: Radio, I… I am so sorry.

RADIO: I know. You say this every time… Do you want to get to a point?

THALIA: I want to be with you. But… I can’t.

RADIO: What do you mean, Thalia? What do you mean, ‘you can’t’?

THALIA: I mean that I can’t. I care for you… So much. I have never met anyone else like you. But, I just can’t be with you.

RADIO: I don’t understand… That makes zero sense, Thalia.

THALIA: I know. And I’m sorry. I can’t… I can’t explain it very well. I just- I have other commitments-

RADIO: Other commitments?

THALIA: In the City. And I-

RADIO: What can even be meant by ‘other commitments’? There’s someone else?

THALIA: No, Radio. There’s no one else. I just… I can’t be with you.

RADIO: We’re in the City… What possible- What do you mean… I… How could you have other commitments? You don’t have time? How is it possible to have that problem here, Thalia? I run out of things to keep myself occupied, stuck here. And with you gone, even fewer things. And I just have to be stuck here while you go and do other stuff? Leave me, even though I love you?

[Silence. A quiet, but suppressed sob is heard as it breaks past Radio’s boundaries.]

THALIA: It’ll pass…

RADIO: But what if-

THALIA: I love you too. And it’ll pass.

[A much louder sob is heard. It comes from both Radio and Thalia, this time.]

RADIO: [Quietly, through tears] Will I ever see you again…?

[Beat.]

THALIA: I think… that wouldn’t be good for either of us.

[The conversation fades into radio static. After a while, this fades to silence. Until a melody softly begins to play.]

♪ There’s nothing left for us anymore Why aren’t you listening? Why aren’t you listening to me? There’s nothing left. ♪

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EXCERPT #27:

Hello. I hope somebody is listening.

[…]

RADIO: Also… Guess who’s back…?!

THALIA: …Do- They aren’t gonna respond right…? Do I just… speak…

RADIO: [Through quiet laughter] Yes… Yes… Go ahead.

THALIA: Hi Radio’s ghost listeners!

RADIO: Okay, you don’t have to call them ghosts-

THALIA: Well, have you ever had anyone respond?

RADIO: No…

THALIA: How come you opted for radio waves anyway…? You do know pretty much no one uses them…

RADIO: Well, exactly! The City doesn’t monitor the radio because no one’s on it. So I can talk freely, in hopes of someone else like me on the other line.

THALIA: Oh…! Wait- Why do we not use this?!

RADIO: I don’t know…! I didn’t think anyone else around here had a radio set up.

THALIA: Hmm… I could make something up.

RADIO: You can just… Do that?

THALIA: Yeah…! I have some spare parts lying around…

RADIO: Seriously… How are you that smart? The amount of talent- There are some cyborgs out there who shudder at your name…

THALIA: You… Just- Shut it…

RADIO: It would be cool if we could communicate on the radio when we can’t be together…

THALIA: Awh… Can’t survive a second without me, can you?

RADIO: Thalia… Come on…

THALIA: Oh! We could have like… Radio sleepovers!

RADIO: Sleepovers…?

THALIA: Yeah! Come on, how does that not sound fun? When was the last time you had a sleepover with a friend?

RADIO: Friend…?

THALIA: What…? Have you never had a friend, Radio?

RADIO: No… Not that… Thalia, you seriously see me as a friend…?

THALIA: Of course I do? What- Would you call us aquaintances??

RADIO: No… I’d call us more…

THALIA: Oh… Radio…

RADIO: Can we talk about this? Now?

THALIA: I don’t know…

RADIO: What do you mean you don’t know? That was a yes or no question…

THALIA: I just don’t know, Radio.

RADIO: I’ve allowed you to not know for months now, Thalia. What do I mean to you, really?

THALIA: Everything… Really, everything… But-

RADIO: But…? Why is it always ‘but’, Thalia? Why can you never give me a straight answer…?

THALIA: [Timidly] Can we… can we talk about this later…?

RADIO: Seriously…?

THALIA: I’m not doing this now Radio. I’m sorry- [A chair squeaks and sounds of footsteps becoming more distant].

RADIO: …She never stays, old sport. At least now you know what I’m talking about. She cares, she likes me, she knows how I feel… Yet, there she goes again. She runs as though she is being chased, yet if she actually dared to glance behind her, all she would see is me, left behind.

I want to allow her to have this space, I want her to have this privacy… But this is frustrating. I’m not a villain for thinking so, right, old sport?

Miscommunication is barely even miscommunication anymore if it’s just straight up avoidance.

How am I supposed to have this kind of conversation? I don’t know how to talk to someone who keeps running… Maybe you would know, Februa-

…Maybe, I’m in this one alone…

[...]

#aled last #alice oseman #frances janvier #osemanverse #radio silence #carys last #february friday #universe city #original work #universe friday excerpts #aled and frances #original art #universe friday #osemanverse books

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friday-answers · 9 days

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HEY HEY!!! NEW EXCERPT OUT NOW!!!

little peek into the current ongoings of radio and thalia's relationship.... and even some radio angst? a bit of a temper? definitely a different side of them! what is going on!!

AS ALWAYS! if you have any questions, suggestions, general comments then send them to this blog's!!! @friday-answers!!! ask box!!! that's what it's there for ^_^

THANK U ALL! see you again same time next week no doubt! (maybe with something extra???? maaaayyybeeeeeee!)

EXCERPT #27:

Hello. I hope somebody is listening.

[…]

RADIO: Also… Guess who’s back…?!

THALIA: …Do- They aren’t gonna respond right…? Do I just… speak…

RADIO: [Through quiet laughter] Yes… Yes… Go ahead.

THALIA: Hi Radio’s ghost listeners!

RADIO: Okay, you don’t have to call them ghosts-

THALIA: Well, have you ever had anyone respond?

RADIO: No…

THALIA: How come you opted for radio waves anyway…? You do know pretty much no one uses them…

RADIO: Well, exactly! The City doesn’t monitor the radio because no one’s on it. So I can talk freely, in hopes of someone else like me on the other line.

THALIA: Oh…! Wait- Why do we not use this?!

RADIO: I don’t know…! I didn’t think anyone else around here had a radio set up.

THALIA: Hmm… I could make something up.

RADIO: You can just… Do that?

THALIA: Yeah…! I have some spare parts lying around…

RADIO: Seriously… How are you that smart? The amount of talent- There are some cyborgs out there who shudder at your name…

THALIA: You… Just- Shut it…

RADIO: It would be cool if we could communicate on the radio when we can’t be together…

THALIA: Awh… Can’t survive a second without me, can you?

RADIO: Thalia… Come on…

THALIA: Oh! We could have like… Radio sleepovers!

RADIO: Sleepovers…?

THALIA: Yeah! Come on, how does that not sound fun? When was the last time you had a sleepover with a friend?

RADIO: Friend…?

THALIA: What…? Have you never had a friend, Radio?

RADIO: No… Not that… Thalia, you seriously see me as a friend…?

THALIA: Of course I do? What- Would you call us aquaintances??

RADIO: No… I’d call us more…

THALIA: Oh… Radio…

RADIO: Can we talk about this? Now?

THALIA: I don’t know…

RADIO: What do you mean you don’t know? That was a yes or no question…

THALIA: I just don’t know, Radio.

RADIO: I’ve allowed you to not know for months now, Thalia. What do I mean to you, really?

THALIA: Everything… Really, everything… But-

RADIO: But…? Why is it always ‘but’, Thalia? Why can you never give me a straight answer…?

THALIA: [Timidly] Can we… can we talk about this later…?

RADIO: Seriously…?

THALIA: I’m not doing this now Radio. I’m sorry- [A chair squeaks and sounds of footsteps becoming more distant].

RADIO: …She never stays, old sport. At least now you know what I’m talking about. She cares, she likes me, she knows how I feel… Yet, there she goes again. She runs as though she is being chased, yet if she actually dared to glance behind her, all she would see is me, left behind.

I want to allow her to have this space, I want her to have this privacy… But this is frustrating. I’m not a villain for thinking so, right, old sport?

Miscommunication is barely even miscommunication anymore if it’s just straight up avoidance.

How am I supposed to have this kind of conversation? I don’t know how to talk to someone who keeps running… Maybe you would know, Februa-

…Maybe, I’m in this one alone…

[...]

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friday-answers · 9 days

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in celebration of alice's new radio silence posts and tattoo, i'm posting on @universe-friday tonight!!! (disclaimer: i post every friday anyway)

actually feeling extremely melancholy about radio silence now

#radio silence #alice oseman #osemanverse #osemanverse books #aled last #frances janvier #universe city #universe friday #universe city podcast

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friday-answers · 11 days

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they are gonna hate me for this but...

OSEMANVERSE MOOTS ‼️‼️ may i have your attention!!!!????

my lovely friend is a film student who created their final project inspired by radio silence, creating a film version of a universe city excerpt (well, multiple excerpts cut up into one) with some of their own words.

i think it is AMAZING with this awesome fucking TWIST at the end which is just so so cool

if you would be kind enough to check it out, it's here! on youtube ^_^

youtube

thank you :,] hope you enjoy it as much as i do

#alice oseman #osemanverse #radio silence #aled last #universe city #february friday #frances janvier #carys last #film #short film #movie #osemanverse books #letters to february #universe city podcast #original film #film student #Youtube

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hopefully seeing alice at an event during the summer ^_^

so odd to me that i have never actually seen them in the flesh before!!! i have had the opportunity so many times but never took it... (never remind me of when i decided to not go to their book signing that was a MONTH before the first ever lockdown............. WHY DID I NOT GO????????)

anyway, point is, i doubt i would get the chance to meet them but maybe that's for the best! i'd have too much to thank her for T-T

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EXCERPT #26!!! OUT NOW!!! you know what that means??? HAPPY 6 MONTHS OF UNIVERSE FRIDAY!! or, at least, half a year ^_^

thank you everyone for all the support recently!! it's been really awesome coming on here and answering everything!! take a pretty long (and mostly letter to february) excerpt in thanks <3

and! on that note! you can always send all your asks, suggestions, questions, and general words to this blog's!!! @friday-answers!!! ask box!!!

thank you lovely people ^_^ see you next week as always!

EXCERPT #26:

Hello. I hope somebody is listening.

[…]

Thalia has been very friendly lately, old sport.

And I mean literally friendly…

Call me crazy, but how can someone kiss me and listen to me speak so highly of them just to go back to calling me ‘bro’ and ‘dude’... Huh? That’s not normal, right?

I wouldn’t know! I… haven’t really done this before…

Old sport, I know she likes me. You’d expect me to start doubting it now, right?

But I know... Have you ever just known? The way they act around you, maybe even by the way they initiated a kiss… I am many things, old sport, but I am not oblivious.

Why are they trying to push it away… push me away? Am I dangerous? Repulsive? Do the times we spent together mean nothing to her, despite meaning everything to me?

I just can’t think straight right now, old sport. Maybe I’ll just have to wait for this rollercoaster to inevitably stop.

I want to fight for it - I’m willing to fight for it. But I don’t even know who my enemy is yet. Is it her? Or is it myself…?

[…]

I was wondering around late last night, February. I found myself at the mouth of this tunnel. The entrance is illuminated by street lamps, yet, look any further and complete darkness stared right back at you. I was always afraid of the dark.

I was looking for that light, the one they always talk about, at the end of the tunnel. You were always that light, February. I even tried to call out to you.

For a moment, I could’ve sworn I heard you call back.

Perhaps, you, February, finally answer, but how can one be sure it's not just an echo? The voice responds, copying and mocking your own words and pleas. If you're shouting back, February, you have to be louder than that.

The definition of love is so old-fashioned. In every language, I'll shout from the mountain tops how much I am in love with you, truly. If only people would know what I really meant by it. If only you really knew what I meant by it.

If you're shouting back, February, don't let it be dismissive. I am being clearer than I ever have been. You have to understand that I'm serious. I need you to understand.

I need you to understand this is why I do everything I do. I do it for you. The calls, these letters… At this point, I know there’s no escaping the City. But you’re my escape from reality, February. If you ever do answer, I’m free. But for now, I am restricted to merely shouting to a void and calling it by your name.

You must wonder too what to do with that information. I know. But you could at least show me you’re listening. That you hear my pleas. If you are trying to move on with your life, tell me, because I will remain here until I do. How could I ever move on if I didn’t find out if it was you in that tunnel?

Besides, how could I know it was you? After all, we are in Universe City. The sound could have easily been another one of those dreaded cyborgs.

If it’s you, February, I am willing to hear you out, always. But you must emerge from the shadows and take a step into my light. You have to show me.

Perhaps if I cannot see you, I should stop trying to contact you. Am I latching onto a rotting idea that I should just let die? Is that what we are?

How am I ever supposed to get over this if I continue talking to you? I wake up in dread and heartache every day, knowing you’re not here. And, although the City is not a great alternative, I either live my life here or continue to do so with that ache… That dread.

This is no way to live. Any level-headed person would agree… If I can’t hear from you, February, perhaps you shouldn’t hear from me.

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friday-answers · 17 days

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Sorry if this has been asked before. But do you post your work on any other platforms? Like AO3 or something like that.

YES!!! I DO!!!! well okay, maybe this is not the answer you're looking for buuuttt

i do post universe friday on ao3 as well (just under universefriday)... iiiii do not have any other works, if that's more what you're asking (if it is that is very, very flattering thank you)

universe friday is much less recognised on ao3, but i still keep it updated. who knows, with people praising my work like this i might consider writing outside of universe friday! i'll see what comes to me when i have a little more free time during the summer ^_^

#alice oseman #osemanverse #radio silence #aled last #universe city #ask me anything #friday answers asks

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february finally answers, but how can you be sure it's not just an echo? the voice responds, copying and mocking your own words and pleads. if you're shouting back, february, you have to be louder than that.

the definition of love is so old-fashioned. in every language, i'll shout from the mountain tops how much i am in love with you, truly. if only people would know what i really meant by it. if only you really knew what i meant by it.

if you're shouting back, february, don't let it be dismissive. i am being clearer than i ever have been. you have to understand that i'm serious. i need you to understand.

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friday-answers · 18 days

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How would you feel if someone read your excerpts like an actual podcast? I would love to!

i've said many a time that i will always be okay with this as long as credit is clearly given!!

a lot of people have been urging me to do this myself recently, but that shouldn't stop anyone from doing it themselves. we've already had people record a couple of the excerpts in the past on their own accord and it's been really really cool to hear. it's probably one of my favourite things to have come out of creating these excerpts.

so yes, of course!

#alice oseman #osemanverse #radio silence #aled last #universe city #ask me anything #friday answers asks

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Have you ever thought about actually having someone animate/draw little parts for your excerpts?

similarly to aled last, i am also a student who would not be able to actually rightfully commission an artist to draw for my excerpts, and i would only feel comfortable posting art with my excerpts if the artist was paid to create it for me

however! i've said before, anyone and everyone who decides to create art based on my excerpts is very very welcome to do so. and i will always reblog on the universe-friday blog so that it can still be seen alongside the excerpts ^_^

i would also never want anyone to feel pressured to complete art in time for my excerpts, or to do so weekly. and even if someone were to volunteer to create artwork each week for free (which i would not take the offer of!! because artists mf deserved to be paid for that kind of work!!) it would mean their creation of artworks for the excerpts might become more of a weekly chore that is inescapable. i would want artists to have complete freedom to draw when and what they please.

tl;dr: i would not personally take an artist to draw things for each excerpt without being able to pay them, but, i do not discourage anyone from drawing art of my excerpts - in fact, the opposite. though people should never feel as if they have to do so, i will always support art that i see of my writing, i think it's fucking awesome :,]

#alice oseman #osemanverse #radio silence #aled last #universe city #ask me anything #universe friday #friday answers asks

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!!!!!!!!!!! this is so fun i'm so excited for this ^_^

Frances Janvier rp blog run by @gayandtrashy

This blog is specifically for my @universe-friday art but will also be a general rp blog!

#universe city #universe friday #alice oseman #aled last #radio silence #osemanverse

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friday-answers · 21 days

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WAIT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO THE PODCAST

THAT WOULD BE THE COOLEST DREAMIEST MOST AWESOME BEST THING EVER

(personally i do not care about the accent at all. like whatever it is i’m sure it’d be amazing)

💌💌💌💌💌💌

oh well this is really nice to hear :(

i'll think about it.... it IS summer soon, and I'll have a bunch of spare time on my hand... maybe i can familiarise myself with some audio editing software....

i want to express, even if i do record it myself, this does not mean no one else can!! i love hearing people's recordings of my writing and being able to put their own spin on it. i will not let this discourage anyone from doing their own thing, i will always be an advocate for others creating things from my own work as long as credit is given ^_^

#alice oseman #osemanverse #radio silence #universe city #aled last #ask me anything #friday answers asks

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friday-answers · 21 days

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Ever thought about doing an imersive rp? Where for a couple of the blogs, you have a Frances rp account reblogging and adding their own speech as if Frances was there?

this would be craaaaaaaaazy... i only got so much time controlling these two blogs!!

if anyone wants to follow through with ideas like that they are more than welcome to do so ^_^ expand the universe all you like!! universe city is not mine to gatekeep here hey if anyone is allowed it's aled last himself

and i don't even think he would do that...!!

#alice oseman #osemanverse #radio silence #aled last #universe city #ask me anything #friday answers asks

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There should totally be a yt podcasst using ur excerpts!!

i've always opened the floor to anyone who wants to record them and upload them for something like this as long as there's credit! ^_^

i'm not sure if it's something i'd do myself... i don't really have the accent for it- well, radio is supposed to have a trans-atlantic accent i guess but, i am absolutely horrid at accents lol

which is why i'm happy for anyone else to take the wheel in that respect!

#alice oseman #osemanverse #radio silence #aled last #universe city #ask me anything #friday answers asks

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aaaaa thank you ur so sweet T-T

i agree and i'm glad that comes through well... i really have no idea how aled last was writing TWENTY/TWENTY-FIVE MINUTE LONG SCRIPTS AND READING THEM AND EDITING THEM AND POSTING THEM WEEKLY. HUH????? HOW DO YOU HAVE THE TIME FOR THAT.

mine last like a few mins!!! hence why i only write excerpts and not the full transcripts! just don't ask me what radio is yapping about for the other like 20 minutes of that script... who knows at this point, could be anything... it's a fill in the blank! i'm glad even though my own writing is a spin-off that people can still fill in the canon of my OWN works, the way i'm doing so with alice's!

i have thought about like. a special where i Do write a whole transcript and maybe record it but... i think i would need to get somewhere in the story where i would feel strong enough to write that long of a transcript. also, i don't have a Massive audience so it would certainly be a high risk ???? reward situation... which is a little spooky! but if i ever have the motivation, hey, why waste it?

thank you again n again n again! i really appreciate ur love and support ^_^

‘Let me plant some flowers before you put down the shovel. Maybe there, at the grave, I can learn all about you again.’

I AM SOOOO NORMAL ABOUT THIS LIKE AHAHAHAHAHA SO SO NORMAL GUYS DON’T EVEN WORRY ABOUT ME IM JUST HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION RIGHT NOW IM DEFINITELY NOT CRYING FOR ANY OTHER REASON HAHAHAHA

(Seriously though your writing is🛐🛐🛐)

ur so so real the realest ever actually

i wrote that line completely on a whim and didn't really think much of it until i reread it and i was like... oh!!!! jesus who hurt me???? T-T LIKE

it's easter break so i'm free from uni for a lil while and am hoping to plan out some excerpts, because (not to expose myself but) i've kinda just been winging it the past few weeks

i have ideas but they're for what will Happen with thalia and radio... it's just the getting there that i'm actually unsure of... so these past couple of excerpts have felt super weird to write because i always feel like it's clear i'm writing on a whim

so hearing this is so so nice... i'm glad people are still enjoying my ramblings ^_^ somehow!!! thalia and radio storyline WILL COMMENCE PROPERLY!!! over the next few excerpts... very excited to see people's reactions with what i wanna do!

and, of course, i'll check in with february... i have to fight the urge against writing a letter to february every week!!!

thank you again!!! i adore hearing your feedback every week :,] (and to answer the question in your tags, no... no i am not okay xx)

#alice oseman #osemanverse #radio silence #aled last #universe city #february friday #ask me anything #friday answers asks

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